Improvement in bale-ties



J. W; & J; H. SIMMONS.

Bale-Tie.

No. 219,600. Patented Sept. 16,1879.

1 TfiESSES VEJV' TOR N. PETERS. FHDTOLITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. SIMMONS AND JAMES H. SIMMONS, OF EUFAULA, ALABAMA.

IM PROVE M ENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 219,600,

dated September 16, 1879; application filed February 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. SIMMONS and JAMES H. SIMMONS, (composing the firm of SIMMONS BROTHERS,) of Eufaula, in the county of Barbour, and in the State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a bale-tie, as

will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertai-ns to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baleband embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionof the same. Fig. 3 is an inside view of a part thereof. j

A represents a bale-band, made of strapiron or similar material. One end of this band is bent around one end of a metal loop, B,and an elongated rivet or button, 0, passed through both parts of the band, the shank a and head I) of said rivet projecting a suitable distance on the inside, as shown.

In the other end of the band A are made. several openings, each of which is formed with a round central opening, d, with a narrow slot, 2', extending from the same on both sides in opposite directions.

When the bale is pressed this end of the band ispassed from the outside through the loop B and under the other doubled end of the band, so that the hole d of one of the open ings can pass over the head 11 of the rivet. The natural expansion of the bale forces the inner slot, 2, over the shank a of the rivet, completing the tie.

This forms a simple, strong, and durable tie. N o matter how the bale is handled this tie will not come unfastened and slip off. The holes one or more openings, consisting of the cen-- tral hole, (I, with slits z t, and at the other end with the loop B and headed rivet or catch 0, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 8th day of February, 1879.

J. W. SIMMONS. J. H. SIMMONS. 

